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Military Strategy of Romania MILITARY STRATEGY OF ROMANIA • Foreword • Introduction • Security Environment • National Interests and National Defence Fundamental Objective • Strategic Concepts • Strategic Principles • Strategic Missions • Command and Control of the Forces in the National Defence System • Risk Factors • National Military Objectives • Structural Organization of Project - 2005 • The Armed Forces Concept of Training and Operations • Logistics • Resources of Armed Defence • Conclusion FOREWORD The Military Strategy of Romania is a document, developed for the first time in the Romanian military practice, by which the Ministry of National Defense sets forth the strategic purpose of achieving the fundamental objective established by the President in the National Security Strategy and the provisions of the Defense White Book of the Government. The Armed Forces are and will be a fundamental institution for ensuring national security. This responsibility becomes all the more complex by keeping simultaneously an adequate combat potential and carrying out the restructuring processes considered so necessary. Romania's national security cannot be isolated from that of the rest of Europe. Romania will continue to be a provider of regional stability in a security en-viron-ment characterized by many uncertainties, as well as by predictable risks and those that can be total surprises. Within acceptable limits of risk, the military are capable of protecting and guaranteeing Romania's National Security. In order to implement this strategy, the Armed Forces will undergo a process of modernization aimed at manpower restructuring and providing it with modern combat equipment. The aim of this process is to establish Project Force 2005, which is to be more compact, efficient, effective, flexible and compatible with NATO standards. Such a force, when completely operational, will be capable of defending the interests of the Romanian state in the best possible way. The Armed Forces will develop international partnership and cooperative relations and will benefit from the experience gained in these activities. Our purpose is to enhance regional confidence, aiming at our integration. We are committed to contributing to this process, while being aware of the advantages of collective defense and security. The national military strategy acknowledges that the Romanian Armed Forces are and will be capable of repelling and if necessary, of defeating a possible military aggression, within the limits of our capabilities. The Romanian Armed Forces are prepared to promote the national interests, in compliance with the political decisions of the national command authorities, while not being perceived as a source of concern by other states. INTRODUCTION The Military Strategy of Romania is the basic document of the Armed Forces, describing the fundamental objectives and options for carrying out, by military means and actions, the defense policy of the Romanian state. It stipulates the place and role of the Romanian Armed Forces within the efforts for achieving the objectives included in the National Security Strategy and in the Defense White Book of the Government on national security and defense. The Military Strategy represents the basic document, which serves as a guide to the activity of the Romanian Armed Forces in the first years of the next century. The primary task of our Armed Forces is to guarantee the strict observance of human rights for all Romanian citizens in a sovereign, independent, unitary and indivisible state, actively engaged into the process of European and Euro-Atlantic integration, by a political regime based on constitutional democracy, while keeping a strict political civilian control over the Armed Forces. To accomplish this mission, the military body is and will be subject exclusively to the Romanian people's will. Under such circumstances, the Romanian Armed Forces must be prepared to prevent, deter, and if necessary, defeat any aggressor that threatens and endangers the security of the Romanian state, simultaneously with providing the capability to participate in conflict prevention, crisis management and collective defense at regional level. The Military Strategy of Romania was developed upon the following basis: Romania has no stated enemies; it enjoys peaceful relations with its neighbors and the probability of an emerging major military short- and medium-term threat to our security, is minimal. The strategy is clearly an active - defensive one. The essence of the strategy includes four strategic concepts. The first concept - CREDIBLE DEFENSIVE CAPABILITY, implying a permanent capability to respond efficiently and properly to the current and predictable risks posed by the security environment. Based on a realistic assessment of risks, we must permanently maintain quantitatively sufficient and credible forces, trained according to modern standards. The second concept - RESTRUCTURING AND MODERNIZATION - consists first of all in the setting up of adequate structures, smaller, more compact and flexible, with the ability to quickly deploy and properly resourced to sustain the military effort, and second, the quality improvement of equipment, both by upgrading part of the available equipment, and by purchasing new one. This means both the supply with modern equipment and achievement of Project Force - 2005, a process which will include in a first stage (2000 - 2003) the reshaping of our Armed Forces and the establishment of the new force structure, the training of leaders, the formation of the professional personnel, the modernization and standardization of training. During this stage, only those acquisition programs, which have had specific funds allocated to them will be permitted to proceed, while the other acquisitions will be re-scheduled. In the second stage (2004 - 2007) the emphasis will be placed on the modernization and acquisition of combat, support and protection equipment, specific to the battlefield of the 21st century. The third concept - ENHANCED AND MORE OPERATIONAL PARTNERSHIP - is based on specific, bilateral and multilateral partnerships and on developing some others supporting the strengthening of national security. The fourth concept - GRADUAL INTEGRATION - consists in accelerating the process of acceding to European and Euro-Atlantic military structures, based on the gradual interoperability of our Armed Forces with the armed forces of the Member States, which will allow Romania to take the desired and deserved position in the international community. An environment of collective security is the best means to protect our interests in the 21st century. SECURITY ENVIRONMENT The threat of a major military conflict in Europe has significantly decreased. After the collapse of the communist regimes, Romania faces a transition period that presents both opportunities and challenges. Simultaneously with the progress of integration and cooperation, processes disturbing security, such as breaking up, putting aside or isolating international actors, take place. Lacking dialogue, conflicts tend to acquire an international character, entailing the use of military force and endangering the security of states, with serious consequences at regional and global levels. There is a commitment from all states participating in building European Security to increase cooperation, to strengthen stability and reduce the possibility of an armed conflict. The security environment presents the short-term opportunity to prepare for the integration into the North-Atlantic Alliance. Romania has clearly proved to be committed towards this aim. To put into practice this willingness of integration was and continues to constantly be one of our strategic objectives. Romania must revaluate this opportunity. Romania doesn't consider any state to be her possible enemy. At present there is a regional instability that may cause an increase of medium- and long -term risks. The spirit of openness, partnership and co-operation in Europe, contributes to strengthening the trend towards stability. The Romanian Armed Forces take an active part in developing co-operation with the military of other states in order to sustain enhanced confidence and stability. The current security environment provides an opportunity to reshape our armed forces within acceptable limits of risk. In an inconsistent, complex, dynamic and uncertain security environment, the current economical-financial conditions of Romania and of other states in the region, are a potential source of instability. They could delay the positive effects of regional evolution and could stress the negative tendencies. In this context, our Armed Forces must be prepared to properly meet the challenges of the 21st century, which can be particularly noticed within the area of Romania military strategic interest. This area varies with the evolution of security environment and national interests, and it is determined both by the existence of active or potential sources of generating major crises, whose settlement demands the use of Armed Forces, and the presence of opportunities to be attracted for promoting the national military objectives. Romania lies at the crossroads of four strategic evolutions within the following areas: • Central Europe - a future pole of regional prosperity; • South-Eastern Europe - a provider of instability; • Community of Independent States - currently undergoing an identity crisis and the Black Sea - an area of strategic importance for NATO Southern Flank, as well as a transit route for energetic
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